You raise a basic question: are the W3C guidelines sufficiently general to
apply to non-U.S. And, vice versa, are the W3C guidelines specific enough
so that compliance with W3C accessibility guidelines is sufficient for U.S.
federal guidelines? I took a quick look at the w3c link below and didn't
see any mention of the issue.
wondering out loud,
Charlie
At 08:44 AM 11/5/2001 +1100, Jason Thomas wrote:
>They have the same sort of thing here in Australia as well.
>
>On Sun, Nov 04, 2001 at 01:36:16PM -0800, Terry Teague wrote:
> > In case you aren't familiar with accessibility checking, US law (the
> > Rehabilition Act) now requires that Federal agencies electronic and
> > information technology is accessible to people with disabilities. This
> > requirement is known as Section 508. For more info, visit :
> > <http://www.section508.gov>. Also the W3C has made recommendations in the
> > form of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines - see
> > <http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT/>.